Track and Field Announces 2025 Schedule

ORLANDO - UCF track and field head coach Dana Boone has officially announced her program’s 2025 schedule, headlined by the Knights’ second appearance in the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships. 

Both slates will conclude with the NCAA Championships, as the indoor edition will be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia, while outdoor nationals will return to the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, for the second consecutive season.

The Knights are proud to host a pair of meets in 2025 at the UCF Track and Field Complex, opening the outdoor season with the Black and Gold Invitational from March 21-22. A change from the usual back-to-back pairing, the Knights Invite will be held from April 25-26.

Indoor

The Black and Gold will commence action in 2025 at the Rod McCravy Memorial in Louisville, Kentucky, from Jan. 10-11 at the Norton Healthcare Sports and Learning Center.

For the third consecutive year, UCF will make the short trip north to the Alachua Country Sports and Events Center in Gainesville, Florida, as a pair of one-day meets will occur on Jan. 17 and Feb. 7. In conjunction with last season’s schedule, the Knights compete in Clemson, South Carolina, for the Orange and Purple Invitational from Jan. 24-25 before traveling to Lubbock, Texas, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at the Stan Scott Invite.

A dual weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Tyson Invitational and Nashville, Tennessee, for the Music City Challenge from Feb. 14-15, will precede the Knights’ return to Lubbock for the Big 12 Indoor Championship. At the team’s debut appearance in the Lone Star State earlier this year, former Knight Rayniah Jones and senior Adaobi Tabugbo placed second and third in the 60m hurdles, with the latter looking to claim the top spot in what will be a highly anticipated weekend.

For the first time in NCAA history, the indoor championships will journey to the Virginia Beach Sports Center from March 14-15. Boone and her staff will look to send multiple Knights and tally All-America honors along the way, as UCF has qualified at least one athlete in three consecutive years.

Outdoor

As the temperatures rise, the Knights will host one of the premier meets to open the outdoor slate, as the Black and Gold Invitational (March 21-22) will feature top teams from across the nation making the trip to Orlando. 

Following a week off, UCF will travel north to the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Florida, at the James G. Pressly Stadium. Regarded as one of the most competitive meets of the outdoor season, the Knights have continued to make their mark over the years with multiple event wins in highlight performances. 

At the site of the program’s 2023 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championship, UCF will travel on I-4 to Tampa, Florida, for the USF Invitational from April 11-12, while Natalia Madison will compete at the Duke Invitational in Durham, North Carolina, for her first multis slate of the outdoor season. UCF will return to Gainesville for the Tom Jones Memorial from April 18-19 before returning home to host the Knights Invite from April 25-26. 

The final regular-season weekend will see the Knights journey to Fort Worth, Texas, for the TCU Horned Frog Invite and Jacksonville, Florida, for the East Coast Relays from May 15-17. 

UCF will gear up for the Big 12 Outdoor Championship as the meet returns to Lawrence, Kansas, for the first time since 2017. Hosted at the Rock Chalk Park from May 15-17, multiple Knights look to replicate Rayniah Jones’ historic 100m hurdles title in Waco, Texas, earlier this year, becoming the first athlete to win a Big 12 Championship in UCF history.

Jax Track at Hodges Stadium will once again play host to the NCAA East Preliminary from May 28-31, a familiar setting for the Knights who consistently make the trip for Jacksonville. It will serve as qualification for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from June 11-14. Hayward Field has long served as the premier track stadium in the country and UCF has made historic marks over the past few years, headlined by Jones’ third-place finish and program record in the 100m hurdles in June.